NASA Sets Briefing To Preview Next Space Station Mission

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March 6, 2009

Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov 

Katherine Trinidad 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov

Kelly Humphries 
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111 
kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-038

NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE STATION MISSION

HOUSTON -- NASA officials will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on 
Wednesday, March 11, to discuss the 19th long-duration mission aboard 
the International Space Station. The Expedition 19 mission will set 
the stage for the doubling of station crew members who will live and 
work in space for as long as six months at a time.

The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center in 
Houston and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Questions will 
be taken from reporters at participating NASA sites. 

The participants are:
- Kirk Shireman, International Space Station deputy program manager
- Courtenay McMillian, Expedition 19/20 lead flight director
- Ben Pawlik, Expedition 19/20 increment manager
- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist

Expedition 19 begins on March 26 when Commander Gennady Padalka of 
Russia and NASA Flight Engineer Mike Barratt launch aboard the Soyuz 
TMA-14 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will 
replace Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury 
Lonchakov, who will return to Earth April 7. Padalka and Barratt's 
other crewmate is Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration 
Agency, who will travel to the station on space shuttle Discovery, 
targeted for launch March 11.

Padalka, Barratt and Wakata will continue science investigations and 
prepare for the arrival of the rest of the station's first six-person 
crew. Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Frank De 
Winne of the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency 
astronaut Bob Thirsk will launch from Baikonur on May 27, arriving at 
the station on May 29.

Once all the astronauts are aboard, Expedition 20 begins, ushering in 
an era of six-person station crews. This also will be the first time 
the crew members represent all five International Space Station 
partners.

Padalka and Barratt will conduct a pair of spacewalks in June to 
prepare the station for the addition of a new Russian docking module. 
The Expedition 20 crew will host the arrival of a Russian Progress 
resupply vehicle, two space shuttles and the maiden voyage of a new 
cargo ship, the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV-1.

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, 
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about the International Space Station and its 
missions, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station  

	
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